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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
a Brave Dog
Nav,- NIrly Gun

SeybOth and Podiasly's fur dveing and
fur dressing establishment, large frame
building in Ellery street, Brooklyn was
burned to the ground yesterday morning.
1t took fire at one O'Clock in the extreme
western end of the lower floor. In an up,
per room at the western end II. Jacobs
and Hirsh Mepdel, two pOung workmen,
were sleepinf Rover, a Newfoundland dog
belonging to Mr.. John Seyboth. had the
run of the building, and he seems to have
Eeen the first to discover the fire. With
out wasting any time in efforts TO eXtin-
guish the flames, he ran up stairs to the
room of the sleeping men and eudcavered
to arouse them. He doubtless barked at
them and punchC& them with his paws
without awaEing Clem. At last, and there
can be no doubt about this, he caught the
bed covering with his teeth and pulled
them off from the first bed, in which Jacob
was sleeping. Even that did not rouse
the slumberer. Then the dog applied his
teeth to the mans ankles, wrists. and
shoulder, andfnaly succeeded in partially
arousing him. The man jumped from
the bed in a dazed condition and ran down
stairs, the dog following him closely. A
door opened upon the street immediately
at the foot of the stairs, but it was locked
ened that he could not find the key to OPP
en- it.
Meantime the flames had made such
progress as to shut off any other means
of escape The dog comprehended the
situation, if the man did not, and began a
vigorous bowling, which attracted the at
tentioR of the gathering crowd in the
street, who broke the door in, and man
and dog rushed out tOpeather
But Rover was not yet through his work
of rescue. He remembered Mendel, the
other sleeper. AS soon as he was satisfied
of the first mans safety, he dashed back
into the burning building, ran up the
istairs, and. without parleying, seized
Mendel by the shoulder, dragged him
from the couch, and then dragged him
down tbs stairs and into the street.
When he was brought out by the dog,
Mendel was so nearly suffOcated with
smoke that he was unconscious, and by
ISLANDERS dashed water in his face to revive
him. Hundreds of people witnessed the
last act hf the intelligent dog, while scor-
saw his rescue of the first man.
Rover is apparently a full-blooded New
fouEdland, but his master says there is a
strain of South American bloodhound in
him on the maternal side. He has shaggy
black coat, vito a little white or gray hair
nder the neck. He stands about two feet
high, has a very intelligent eountenance
and so good disposition that children
play with him with impunity. He is a
little over , years old. He has been kept
in the foundry mainly because of his skill
as a rat catcher,a and that he should not be
hindered in that pursuit it was customary
to leave all the inside doors open, giving
him the full range of the building. His
master says he Is also trustworthy watch
dog. He can be seen at any time at Mr.
Seyboth's residence in Nercf avenue aad
Walton street, though it is dhudtfui if he
could be bought for any price,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
What Il Band of Mercy Boy Did.
New O rleans Picayune.

Mr.. Harvey was riding slowly along the
dusty road, looking in all directions for a
stream, or a house, where he might refresh
his tired, thirsty horse with a good draft
of water. While he wds thinking and
wondering, he turned an abrupt bend in
the road and saw before him q comforta-
bic farmhouse; and at the same time boy
10 or II years old came out into the road
with pail aud stood directly before him.
"What do you wish my bOy?" said Mr..
Harvey, stopping his horse.
Would your horse like a drink, sir?'
said the boy respectfully.
Indeed he would, and l was won iering
where l could get in"
Mr., Harvey thought little of it, suppos-
ing, of course, the boy earned a few pen
MES in this manner, and therefore he Of
fered him bit of silver, and was astonish-
ed when he refused it.
Il would like you TO take it," he said
looking at the boy.
mo, I thank you" said the boy, 81
don't want it. You see, sir, the distance
from Plaiusville is eight miles, and there
is ne stream crossing the road that dis
lance; and like to water the horses"
Mr. Harvey looked into the gray eyes
that were kindling and growing with the
thought of doing good, and moisture
gathered in his own as he logged off, pom
deriug deeply on the quaint little sermon
that had been given so innocently and
unexpectedly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
General Lee in the Wilderness Campaign.


General Lee held so completely the ad-
mlratlon and confidence of his men that
his conduct of q campaign was rarely
criticized.
Few points present themselves in his
campaign from the Wilderness to Cold
harbor upon which criticism can Law hold
When all the circumstances are consider
cd. His plan of striking the flank of
grants army as 1T passed through the
wilderness Is above criticism. Fault can
only be found with its execution. The
Two divisions of Longstreet at Gordens-
VILE, and Anderson's division of Hills
corps left on the Upper Rapidan, were
100 widely separated from the rest of the
army, and as the event proved should
nave been IN supporting distance of A.P.
mn, on the Orange Plank road on the
afternoon of the 9th of May. That he
ald not strike Grant damaging blow
when he had him at such a Disadvantage
on the North Anna may seem strange to
those who had witnessed this bold agp res
slVeness at the Wilderness and no other
fields. He was i'll and confined to his
tent at the time; but as showing his pur-
pose had he been able to keep the saddle.
he was heard to say as he lay Frustrated
bysickness:
We must strike them a blow, We must
never let them pass US again"
Whatever General Lee did, his men
thought it the best that could be done
under circumstances. Their feeling
towards him is well illustrated by the re-
mark of ragged rebel who took off his
hat to the general as he was passing
and received like courteous salxte in
return:
God bless MarSe Robert, | wish he
was emperor of this country and l was
his carriage driver.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
ALL ABOUT NUTMEGS.
Where They Come From and Why Girls Wear
Them on Their NeckS

Where They Come From and Why Girls Wear
Them on Their NeckS.
Down in the cellar of Water street
warehouse a man was shOveling nutmegs
into course sieve and rafting away like
frugal housekeeper with an ash-sifter.
"What's the matter with them?" vent
ured a New York Sun reporter.
Nothing" answered the performer.
Don't you see I'm only grading them?"
Wont the grocer charge more for a
big nutmeg than for little one?
well, right here in these boxes the
nuts are just as they came from Singa.
pore and Batavia. They are what the
trade calls HOS; that is, ! 10 nuts to the
pound, and that is the way this firm
bought EN-; but, as matter of fact, HOS
average better than that, and it pays us
to pick out the big ones and sell them
sparately-see? The largest nuts run
about seventy to the pound, but there
are some feather weights that go ten to
the ounce"
"What makes them look so white?"
Lime. 1t was shaked over them when
they were packed for shipment. 1t keeps
them fresh, and it weighs something, too.
When you buy nutmegs In the East each
one of these boxes goes for half a picul
But the New York Jobber takes very little
for granted when he puts his money into
merchandise that has sailed as far as
these nuts have. Every box of them has
to be weighed on the Yankee beam, and
on freedoms own soil, too; and, what is
more, ten per cent of every parcel must
be tared before the jobber let's go of his
silver dollars. Foreign weights must be
naturalized, like the foreigner himself,
before we take much stock in them.
''NUtmegs that average 10 to the
pound cost US about y cent apiece, but
before they get to the snowy head of
milk punch or into tho inner richness of
rice pudding they cost the consumer
or 3 cents each. Formerly Singapore
used to have the lead on Batavia for nut
megs, but now honors are easy. Nutmeg
immigrants from the latter port usually
call at the Dutch paternal home in Rot
terdam and then take steamer hence
but the Singapore variety, true to natur-
al instinct, generally drops in at London
to see the old folks before winding up at
the foot of Hudson street, New York.
The direct steamers all berth on the East
river side and discharge their cargo of
aromatic exiles amid the faded glories
of Cherry Hill.
Lots of pretty girls wear a nutmeg
round their necks as a charm against
sickness. 1t is to them like a scapular to
the pious or the face of her beloved to the
love-lorn maid"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
\ CLOSE SHAVE.
A Drummer's Experience in Il Southern Bar
Der shop.
ArkanSaU Traya'ar

Arkausaw Traveller
DO you call this q barbershop." asked
drummer, stopping in front of shanty
il southern village.
Oats whut i: is, sab; come il, ;" replied
fat negro, putting aside t1n-pan full
of turniP greens and getting up from a
box
where's your chair?n the drummer
asked, when he had entered.
Oar It's, sab" pointing to bench
with clepboard back. Il ant fixed up
heah like da tells me de BARRIERS is in de
big towns, but, sab, wen it comes ter de
transackshun o snatchin' de whiskers
ofun er mans face, wy dar ant many
folks, black nur white, dat ken Law ober
me. Set right down dar," he continued.
as he began to wipe his greasy hands on
back number of the county paper.
what have you got in that oyster
CAM"
"Saft soap, sab. Wen it come ter
maxim lather, OAR ant muffin dat fits de
eppYmOlogy O de ercasion like saft
soap"
Hold on; don't you use brush:"
"Whut, use er brush with saft scoop?
Oh, 10 sab; never hearn tell O SIGH er
plenerpertenohery es dat. Makes de
lather in 1aer hans an Tut it on dis way
| Git it in yer mouf Yer mus skuze me,
sab. Now, well git down de ole mpskus
blade an go to work."
Great C@sar!' exclaimed the custom
er. sharpen that thing. It pulls like
| pair of pinchers.'
"Huh!ls it come ter pass dat mer ole
maskus blade is deceibln me-"
sit is not deceiying me, assure YOU"
"All right, sab; I'll hit it er few links"
He struck the razor few times on an
old boot, felt of the edge with his thumb,
made another attack and then said:
DO she glide ober de qualifications an
hePtyrogenious putty smooth now, sab? ?"
Hold on, you are numbering me-"
Wont do ter quit now, sab"
"Well, strike it few more times on
that old boot"
"Anything TO 'blidge yer, sab. Allus
makes it er pint ter satisfy my custom
ers."
"Then you ought to administer chloro-
form"
"Lemme see; bIebe some udder gener-
day. Pull now, sah?"
"Pull! Why, confOund you. it tears"
"Wal, we'se mos through, now. Jis
keep yer mind on suthin' pleasant an
we'll be all right arter while. How is de
political walmi-mixtures in de circumfex
localities in which yerse'f hab lately been
prostrated?"
Hold on, let me get up
Use through, now. Jes' femme whipe
off yer face, sah?n
"That's unnecessary, as you have al
ready cut it off. Just look how I'm bleed
ing
"Bledin'! Wy, dis little blood ant
muffin, sab. Oughter seed er wife man
dat wuz in heah yistiday. Wy, dat gen
erDan bled like er haug. Twenty-f
cents, eff yer please. Thankee, sab. Call
ergin."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
4 Remarkable Dam

A remarbabled am is about to be CON
structed by q water company at the San
Mateo canyon, four miles from San MateO,
Cal, in order to form a reservoir. The
canyon is very narrow and steep, and
fifteen feet below the bottom is solid
rock, on which the foundation of the
dam will rest. The structure will be 10
feet high, l75 feet wide at the base, 20
feet at the top and 700 feet in length.
1t will be the largest stone dam ever
known to have been built. The dixie will
have a curvature of eighty feet and the
covex side will beup stream. The materi-
al will be new sort of concrete com
posed of stone. The walls will be per
fectly smooth. The reservoir that will be
formed by it and the adjacent hills, will
be about eight miles in length and $50
feet deep at the deepest places. Its
capacity will be about 81 ,OOO 10000 gal
Ions. The water will be conveyed by tun-
nels to the city of San Francisco.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
THE ORIGIN OF LONG JONES.
Where the Singular CoGnomen Of a Noted
Character Came From.
St louis Globe Democrat

st. Louis Globe Democrat
The origin of the title Long" Jones,
which has so universally been bestowed
upon Hon. 4. Jones. chairman of the
Illinois Republican State central commit
tee, and leading figure in American poll
tics for some years past. IS said to have
sprung from Civil Service Commissioner
Oberly, also of Illinois, who tells the stery
of its inception as follows: Il was much
impressed when chosen assembIyman
from the Cairo district with the dignity
of the office, and 1 supposed all the MEL
bers of the Legislature were great men.
/ approached the State House with fear
and trembling. l watched the other feI
lows, and took my seat, resolving to be
quiet until / had sized up the mighty ma
terial surrounding me. The House was call
ed to order. waited anxiousiy for the first
speech. At last on the other side OF the
hall I saw a man beginning TO get up. Ii
seemed TO me that 1t took him very
long time to rise. He pulled himself out
of his chair and went on and upward
until he lowered over the whole assemb-
lage- looked at him with awe, and asked
my ueighbor as to whom It might be-
He replied, Why that Is Jones OF 10
Davies couRty' He ought TO De called
Long Jones" said l.
my fellow member laughed AID repeat
ed this remark ard from 1t Long Jones
got his title. He Is now prominent
politician in the State of Illinois, and Is
known everywhere a. Long Jones
We'll after Jones had risen TO his
feet inches he threw out his long arm
which it seemed to me was the same
length as his body AT the speaker and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
POindPXter's Game OF Poker,
Indianapolis journal

game long talked about on the river
was that played by Governor Poindexter,
of Mississippi. At one time he was Fund
commissioner, or something of that kind,
for Mississippi. He had business III New
York to negotiate money on bonds, os-
tensibly for internal Improvements in
Mississippi. He was returning from
that city, and had large sum of money
with him. He left Louisville on a small
stern-wheel boat, and three gamblers took
passage on the same boat. They knew
PoIndexter's fondness for cards, that he
would play high, and they made up a
plot to clean him out. In those days they
played poker with twenty cards-the ace,
king, queen, jack, and ten of each suit.
The boat was several days in getting from
Louisville to Cairo, and Poindexetr and
the three sharks were busy at play. Then
they usually played without limit and the
result was the gamblers, having played
their fish long enough, were about to take
him in. They had all their money on the
| table two of the gamblers dropped out,
| and the other, making heavy bet, piled
up his last dollar. The Governor said he
did not have money enough there to call
him, but he thought he might be able to
borrow.
very well, said the gambler, IN give
just ten minutes to raise the money,
POindexter went about trying to borrow
of the passengers, and then went to the
clerk of the boat. the amount he asked
for was nearly as much as the boat would
sell for, and the clerk had no such snm on
hand even to lend to Governor Poindex-
ter. The latter then went to his state
room, where he had an old carpet-sack
with trusty servant guarding it. and
returned to the gaming table followed
by the darkey with the carpet sack on
his shoulder.
Now" Numbered Poindexter, as he threw
open the sack, which was stuffed full of
bank notes, II will see you and go you
100000 better! And l. will give You an
hour insted of ten minutes to raise itr'
The faces of those gamblers would have
been picture for painter. They got
off the boat at the first landing place.
wiser and much sadder men. There was
about $4,000 on the table
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
The New Minister.
Indianapolis Journal

1t is said that Bishop Fowler, of the
Methodist Church, once gave some acvice
to a conference congregation in this
fashion: Don't say anything against the
man who is to come after you. A minis
ter who didn't bear this in mind was asked
by his parishioner what kind of man his
successor was. oh Brother is a good
man, but - But what? If there's
anything wrong that is just what We want
to know. Now tell Us what's the matter
Well, Brother is good man, but the
fact is, brethren, he parts his hair in the
middle we won't have him. We don't
want dude. Conference mustn't send
him. The appointed Sunday arrived, and
with the due minister. As he walked up
the aisle broad grin overs pread the faces
in the rear seats. By the time he reached
the pulpit the congregation broke out in
to roar of laughter. The minister was
bald"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
II Ran In The Blood
st. Paul Pioneer Press.

~ aus ituStE EtSSt
A well-known physician tells the follow
ing on himself: He is very fond of the
manly art OF selfdefence and would go
almost any distance to see good spar
ring match, but his wife is unalterably
opposed to such things. As a conse
quence the ply sician attends such ex
hibitions on the sly: and not long since,
on a Sunday afternoon, there was Il
match over in Dakota county, below West
st. Paul. The doctor made q sneak and
drove over in his buggy to witness the
match. just as the fight was ended the
doctor happened TO glance up into the
branches of tree directly over head and
there saw his eldest boy vainly endeavor-
ing to hide himself from the paternal eye
Neither spoke. The doctor drove home
alone, and the matter has never been
mentioned Inv either of them
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
Made Famous by a Poker Game.

Tishnomingo Indian Territory Ger
respondent writes: i few miles south of
the Mountains is a station on the railroad
known as Seven Hundred Ranch Il
has rather interesting history. A short
time back a number of citizens of the
nation, wealthy cattlemen, met here in q
tent to play game of poker. There were
six IN the party. and the ante was 500,
and 81, 400 to draw cards. For some time
the game continued, until over $500. 900
had changed hands, when it broke up.
Ever since this point has been known as
..Seven hundred Ranch. -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
TRUE FRONTIER STYLE
Duel 10 the Death Between the Terror of the
Range and Col Ryan.
PhilsSalphis NsnS
Philadelphia News

AAASNSlpulS news.
Judge John NJ. Wright has inst given
the Silver City IN. NJ Enterprise the
particulars of a duel between Con RYAN
and one Burke, who delighted in the
sooriQuet of "The Terror of the
Black Range" They were both we'll
known mining men. They had been
quarrelins sill night, and about six
O'Clock in the morning Burke said: "Let
US fight it out Ike men; got your gun"
Ryan said he didn't have gun. Burke
answered that he would furnish him one,
and the two men went together to Burke's
house, at the head of the main street.
Burke procured two ASS, aud stepping 10
the fence, threw one of them down on
the ground, remsrking, "There's your
gun"
That's no way TO do, said Ryan; "you
can Shoot me while l am picking up the
gun. BESIDES, l don't know that it's
loaded"
Burke then threw his gun down on the
ground, and the two men picked up the
guns together. While Ryan was exam
lining his gun to see if it was loaded.
Burke fred at him twice without effect.
Ryan then leveled his gun and quickly
took deliberate ain, and fired, when the
Terror of the Black Range" fell dead
The ball struck little to the left of the
bridge of the nose and passed out through
the back of the head. Ryan was placed
under $4,000 bonds. 1t seems TO be the
general opinion at Kingston that Burke
received his just deserts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17


with Jovian brows, said IN seutorian
tones:
Mr. Speaker. there are no ink in the
bottles And with that he sat down.
Two full minutes elapsed before an
other member rose to make q speech. At
last there was stir on the other side of the
hall from Jones, and little bit of black
eyed black whiskered, understood nervous
man popped up out of his Sc at. He
threw his hand at the speaker. and in a
jerhy voice cried out:
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has said
there are no ink in the bottles. The
gentleman are mistaken. They are ink
II the bottles, but it are froze.'
After these two speeches. relates Mr..
Oberly, Il thought that was equal to the
average legislature in grammer, if nothing
else, and | nevermore had any fear of the
ordinary country statesman
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
An Inducement to Early Marriage
Harper's Bazaar,

Constance is very young, but she i s
also better worth quoting than most
grown people. Her envy was somewhat
aroused by the fact that wedding was
about to take place in the family of her
little playmate, and the playmate thereby
had the advantage of her; 80 she remark
ed very complaceDtly to her little friends
mamma:
"Mrs. -, did you know that 1 was
engaged to be ularried?'
''Why, no..Conny. Is that cor"
Yes, ma'am, I'm engaged to Fritz
Ward" (small boy of her acquaintance.
''He doesn't know it, but I've got to ex-
plain il to him.
Well, COMFY, do you expect to be mar
ried soon?"
well, nope so. The fact is, I'm tired
of being spanked, and 1 think we'll be
married very SOON
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
How The Girl Graduates Dress
n-zp-y-.. II.

Fashions dictum this year for com
mencement dresses IS all white. The de-
signs for making are simple and girlish,
find the favorite graniture in ribbon, which
is used in profusion. There are bows on
the shoulders, the waist, on the sleeves,
supporting the skirt draperiss and saShes,
and they are dIaped diagonally across the
front, sides or back and finished at the
ends in graceful knots. Lace is favorite
material, point d'esprit, platte Val and
Fedora being much used. Point dssprit
dresses often have founCe at the bottom
of the skirt and the lower part of the
dra perry bordered with rows of narrow
satin or MORE ribbon set above deep
hem. A pretty idea is to make these
dresses over white lawn. 1t is very effec-
tive, and not half as expensive as made
over silk. Skirts are cut walking length,
waists unusually high, or sometimes
pointed back and front, or cut square, as
most becoming to the wearer. Sleeves
are made in puffs. finished with a frill at
the elbow, or full at the top, and gathered
into band at the waist and finished with
a band of ribbon and bow.